i started reading notes from underground a few weeks ago. i picked it because i really really REALLY like albert camus’ work and figured it would be a little similar.
it is, i think, but i’m not enjoying it at all. it feels too depressing and dark and i feel like it smells bad (lol). i’m just not loving it and i have a lot of other books that i want to read now but i feel the pressure to finish this one. it’s a short book so it shouldn’t take me long but still.
i can’t get myself to leave it unfinished, i feel like i’m commiting a sin or something lmao.
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It’s up to you. Let’s look at both scenarios:
- If you leave it unfinished: Reading is a personal activity. No one will know if you stop reading something and that time can be spent reading something you love.
- If you choose to finish it: well, you still might not like it, but at least you have read the whole thing and can judge the entire work instead of where you stopped.
For what it’s worth: I took 2 years of false starts and stops to read Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment and I finally finished it this year and truly ended up loving it. So you never know!
read the videobook script (the script of the movie adaptation) it stars danny devito, directed by scorcese and it’s a pretty faithful adaptation from what i’ve seen, and it’s shorter
I lost me Kindle for a month after cleaning my room only to find it in my little brother’s room because he thought it was a tablet he could watch YouTube on and tossed it aside when he realized it didn’t have YouTube. So I just got it back and can now finish my book.
I completely understand; it’s very philosophical in the beginning but don’t worry: once you get going it eventually starts to resemble a narrative. The first chapters are just some guy’s rants (like some about addition haha!) which can turn off a lot of people who don’t find the philosophy interesting (I was having a little trouble too) but the rest of the book isn’t like that rest assured. That being said, I don’t think I understood as much of it as I should have (I definitely want to reread it at some point). It’s perfectly fine to set it down until the next time you get motivation to tackle it again! It’s never a permanent decision :)